Image: Aircraft landing aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), in November 1943 (80-G-K-15290)
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Description: View of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) with aircraft of Carrier Air Group 16 (CVG-16) landing, in November 1943. Crewmen in the foreground are sitting on the wing of a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16), as a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 16 (VF-16) lands and a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 16 (VT-16) taxiies to a parking place on the forward flight deck.
Title: Aircraft landing aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), in November 1943 (80-G-K-15290)
Credit: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15290
Author: Edward Steichen
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